Condiment-container.



F. A. MASON.

CONDIMENT CONTAINER. APPLICATION FILED OCT. 23. 1917.

Patented May14,1918.

FREDERICK A. MASON, OE PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND.

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To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, FREDERICK A. Mason,

1 a citizen of the United States, and residing at 259 Washington St.,Providence R. I., have invented certain new and useful Improvements inConnection with and Appere taining to Condiment-Containers.

This invention relates .c condiment containers of the type moreparticularly adapted for holding salt or the like, for table use, andthe primary object of this invention is to provide a closure for thecontainer, which will be practically air-tight, for the purpose ofexcluding moisture or other foreign matter therefrom.

It is found in practice in containers of this character, particularly inwhich salt is held, that moisture from the air, especially in moistclimates or in the summer time, is absorbed by the contents causingit'to cake and so prevent free delivery thereof from the holder.

By the use of my, improved closure-member the moisture is effectivelyexcluded,

keepingflthe contents and always free to be rea y discharged t ough theperforations in this closure.

With these and other objects in view, the

- invention consists of certain novel features of construction, as willbe more fullydescribed, and particularly pointed out in the apfiandedclaim. the accompanying drawings:

Figure 1-is a view of the container partly in section showing myimproved} closure connected thereto.

Fig. 2is a top view of the closure-member with the stopper removedtherefrom.

Referring to the drawings, 10 designates a. condiment container. whichis preferably formed of glass having a neck portion 11 which isexteriorly threaded as at 12. This container may be made in any desiredor convenient form and of any suitable material. My invention relatesessentially to the Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed October 23, 1917. Serial No. 198,101.

Patented May 14, 1918.

One of the essential features of my invention is the provision of atubular neck portion 16 extending outwardly from the cap into which neckportion a cork 17 or other suitable stopper member ma be forced toexclude all moisture and oreign matter from the contents of thecontainer.

In some cases it is found that the capmember is not absolutely air-tightwhen screwed onto the neck of the container. To obviate this diflicultyI have rovided a packing ring 18 of rubber or ot er suitable material,which is bound by the cap against the top edge of the container, therebyforming an air-tight closure, to exclude moisture from the container andmaintain the contents thereof perfectly dry and in condition to bereadily discharged through the perforations in the cap when the stopperis removed from the neck thereof.

The device is extremely simple, practical and inexpensive inconstruction, and by its use the usual annoyance in the use of a saltshaker in humid atmospheres, is obviated.

1 comprising a erforated cap formed of thin sheet materia having itsbody threaded to engage the threaded neck of a container, a ringlpacking bottomed in said cap to form a tlg t joint between it. and theneck of the container, an outwardly extending tubular neck ortion onsaid ca and a readily remova 1e stopper fittin into said neck.

' FBEDEfiICK A. MASON.

Witness;

SARAH A. Tarpon.

